The Star Online: Entertainment: Movies
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| Posted: 24 Sep 2011 02:19 AM PDT IT is an understatement to say that actor Tom Hardy's star is rising fast. Last year, the 33-year-old British actor earned Hollywood credibility as a member of Leonardo DiCaprio's dream travelling posse in Inception. The film's director, Christopher Nolan, then cast Hardy in one of 2012's most coveted roles: the villain Bane in Batman flick, The Dark Knight Rises. Last week, his movie Warrior, set in the world of mixed martial arts, debuted in US theatres. It was filmed before Inception and it catches the actor at a time that will soon be rare – a time when he was a relative unknown. The actor plays a former wrestling prodigy-turned-marine who returns to the ring to fight for a US$5mil prize, only to be pitted in the ring against his estranged brother (played by Australian actor Joel Edgerton). Hardy gained an additional 13.6kg of muscle, thanks to physical training, and lived out a Rocky-esque fantasy in scenes where he waded through crowds of cheering fans on his way towards the fighting cage. As convincing as he may look physically for the role on screen, Hardy harbours no notions that he could actually thrive as a fighter in the MMA world. "I'd get knocked out – stone cold," said Hardy with certainty. "I'd probably trip on the stairs on my way up to the ring and knock my teeth out. So its a very short-lived moment of 'I can do this!' because I really can't." Still, that doesn't stop him from taking on roles that might prove otherwise. Hardy put on over 18.2kg to play the real-life British prisoner Charles Bronson who spent most of his life in solitary confinement, in the 2009 film Bronson. His current weight as Batman rival Bane is 87.3kg – the most he's ever weighed. "I feel heavy," he admitted. "This size is not real. I only feel strong in short stints of times. If I needed to get across the room and throw someone through a door, I could do that, but ... as soon as I'm done shooting, I'm dropping the weight." His role in Dark Knight Rises is a gig that landed on Hardy's plate unexpectedly. While in Canada shooting the Reese Witherspoon romantic comedy This Means War, Hardy was getting ready to head to Australia to spend a year shooting the new Mad Max movie, Fury Road, taking over the role that made Mel Gibson an international superstar. But Mother Nature had other plans. She flooded the Australian desert with torrential rains, wiping out the wasteland setting and cancelling the shoot, despite the fact that sets already had been built. Hardy was devastated – until Nolan called about playing Batman's powerful foe. "Chris rings and says: 'I'm not sure if it's your sort of thing because it would mean wearing a mask. How do you feel about wearing a mask as an actor?'" Hardy laughed when recalling the day that changed his career: "How do I feel about wearing a mask? I'd wear a plastic bag over my head for Chris! I'll do anything for him. I did not see that coming. I never, ever thought I'd be in Batman."– Reuters |
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